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tlvice14 contributionsColorado Springs, United StatesMar 21, 2016

The market is one of the cleanest I have seen in my travels. The lower level housed some tourist trinket booths as well as fruit and vegetable stands, butchers, and fishmongers. The upper level housed tourist trinket sites, clothing, jewelry, and art.

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Fascinating market

guyfairbank39 contributionsLondon, United KingdomJan 14, 2014

Great for people watching

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The flight to Tahiti took far longer than I'd envisaged but having slept for part of the journey and thanks to a favourable wind we landed a shade after midnight. As I walked down the steps of the plane the humidity hit me immediately. It was so warm too. I'd hoped to get a Tahitian stamp in my passport but this being France and officially part of …

Our trip to Tahiti is one of the oddest trips I have ever made, for one reason in particular; our travels took us to yesterday! We left New Zealand on Monday morning. We arrived in Pape'ete, Tahiti on Sunday evening. That is what happens when one travels to the east across the International Date Line.

Well before our trip began, we applied …

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